There is a silence in success that no one warns you about—the hush that gathers when the world finally looks at your work. It is not the quiet of neglect, nor the hollow void that follows failure. Instead, it is the breathless suspension of time that creeps in the moment a private dream is offered up to public consumption. It is the echo of applause fading into the rafters, leaving behind a profound and terrifying stillness where your own insecurities echo the loudest. " Crit